រឿងរ៉ាវរបស់យើង.ស្វែងយល់បន្ថែមអំពីការងាររបស់យើងឆ្ពោះទៅរកគោលដៅអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ប្រកបដោយចីរភាព.

For most of his life, Narith CHUM, a 40-year-old deaf community leader from Phnom Penh, believed that deaf and hard-of-hearing Cambodians were almost invisible in their own country. Many have little access to information, do not understand their rights and are unable to fully engage with and access public services. “Deaf and hard-of-hearing people have the same rights as everyone,” he often says, but for years those rights remained out of reach.This began to shift when Narith joined a series of UN-supported consultations, rights-based workshops, and the Deaf Development Programme. For the first time, he learned not only about human rights, but about his own power to advocate. “After the training, I understood clearly that we must claim our right to use sign language,” he recalls.Narith soon became a steady and trusted voice in the deaf community. He began contributing to national efforts for the legal recognition of sign language, his lived experience helping to shape policy discussions aimed at making Cambodian institutions and society more accountable and inclusive.He carried this knowledge back to the province, teaching deaf community members about human rights and sign-language rights. Many of the community members had never been told that they have the right to information, to participate in public life or to have sign languages and deaf culture recognized and supported.  With UN support amplifying his advocacy, Narith helped spark a renewed commitment within the Disability Action Council to advance formal work on Cambodian Sign Language (CSL), an issue long overlooked in Cambodia. The active and meaningful participation of deaf persons in decision-making processes concerning CSL is essential to address long-neglected issues and ensure full inclusion.“I want everyone to be able to communicate with deaf people” Narith says, “We need both government and civil society to work together to offer more sign‑language education to the wider population.”His journey reflects Cambodia’s broader progress under the UNSDCF’s Social Transformation agenda: building institutions that uphold rights, reduce discrimination, and ensure ‘No One is Left Behind.’ Through leaders like Narith, accountability becomes not only institutional, but human. His story shows how meaningful participation strengthens accountable institutions essential for Cambodia’s inclusive and sustainable development.